Rajakaruna v. De Silva, Minister of Housing, Construct and Public Utilities and Others – sllr 1997 volume 2 page 209

In the case between Rajakaruna (Plaintiff) and De Silva, Minister of Housing, Construction and Public Utilities and others (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s transfer within the National Housing Development Authority constituted unlawful discrimination on political grounds and if the application was filed within the constitutional time limit under Article 126. It was held that the transfer was valid and no breach of constitutional rights under Articles 12(1) or 12(2) had occurred. The principle reaffirmed is that the statutory time limits for constitutional petitions are strictly enforced, and administrative transfers based on lawful grounds do not infringe fundamental rights absent evidence of discrimination. Reliance was placed on the evaluation of em